Using the HL7 Binding Component

HL7 message Element

The HL7 message element specifies the concrete properties associated with receiving or sending an HL7 message from or to the HL7 external system. To configure the attributes, right-click the message element and then select Properties.

Table 6 HL7 message Element Attributes

Name and Description 

Required or Optional 

Applies to Provider or Consumer 

Example 

use: Specifies if the message (part) defined is encoded using a well defined encoding style.

Required 

Common (both) 

encoded 

encodingStyle: Specifies the encoding type associated with the message (part). This also defines the encoder type used to process the encoded data.

Optional 

Common (both) 

hl7encoder-1.0 

part:Indicates the part of the message that contains the HL7 message to be sent.

Optional 

Common (both) 

part1 

The following example demonstrates the HL7 message extensibility element defined for one-way operation.


<binding name="someBinding" type="tns:somePortType">
        <hl7:binding/>
        <operation name="oneWayOp">
            <hl7:operation/>
            <input>
                <hl7:message part="part1" 
			     use="encoded"
			     encodingStyle="hl7encoder-1.0"/>
            </input>
        </operation>
    </binding>